Third full-length collection from NEA Fellow Ann Townsend; Strong candidate for academic course adoption (Ann is a professor); Ann is a recipient of the Poets & Writers/Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Virginia Colony for the Creative Arts Fellowship, The Bread Loaf Writers Conference Fellowship, ; Ann’s last poetry collection with Sarabande received stellar reviews and was featured in Ms. Magazine; Ann has close connections to Poetry and Kenyon Review; Strong female audience anticipated.